Published: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:11 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:11 p.m.

UNCW baseball player Christian MacDonald joined the team's lengthy list of CAA weekly honorees Monday, receiving the co-pitcher of the week award after his victory Sunday against Davidson.

MacDonald, a junior left-hander, retired 13 consecutive batters as part of 7 1/3 shutout innings in a 4-1 victory over the Wildcats. He has won four consecutive starts and lowered his ERA to 2.91 on the season. Overall, six UNCW players have won eight CAA awards this season.

The team returns to the field Wednesday night at Elon.

Local ties to JuCo honors

Former New Hanover High School basketball standout Kadeem Allen is the only freshman on the first or second teams of the NJCAA All-America teams released Monday.

Allen, who led Hutchinson (Kans.) Junior College to a 31-4 record, averaged 17.4 points and 3.8 assists per game on his way to being named Jayhawk West Conference Player of the Year.

NHHS baseball reunion

New Hanover High School is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its 1993 baseball state championship team before Friday's Laney-New Hanover game at Buck Hardee Field.

Former players Trot Nixon, Fletcher Bates, Shawn Gallagher, Chris Moore and Eric Faulk have all agreed to attend the ceremony. For the record, all of those players played at least some level of professional baseball.

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